BG · 2024 · tesem080

Employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64)

Bulgaria, 2024

Employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64)
97.0
Bulgaria, 2024
▼ 3.4% vs 2023 (100.4)
Analysis

In 2024, Bulgaria's employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64) decreased by 3.4% compared to 2023, reaching 97.0.

Bulgaria accounts for 82.9% of the EU-27 total of 117.0.

Bulgaria ranks 22nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.1% (from 102.2 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem080, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2024
#22 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2024
82.9%
EU-27: 117.0
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